Sacred Heart Church
621 3rd St
Minto, Walsh County North Dakota 58261
621 3rd St
Minto, Walsh County North Dakota 58261
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SACRED HEART CHURCH, MINTO
Sacred Heart Church was founded for service to the Polish speaking settlers in the Minto area. It first became a Mission in 1903, and was served by Father Sank Galowicz of Warsaw. The first Polish immigrants spoke very little English and services were conducted in Polish St Stanislaus Church of Warsaw the nearest Polish Church, was considered to be too far away for regular attendance by the Polish people. The Sacred Heart Church was started in a building purchased from the Minto Baptist Church for $1,400.
In 1905 the Church was changed from a Mission to the status of a Parish, with Father Joseph Karpinski as its first resident pastor. By 1909 the Church was crowded, and an addition was built. In a few years, the same problem again confronted the people and in 1912 a fine new Church was built on another site. The cost was $10,000, no small amount by the standards of the time.
Four years later, in 1916, the fine new Church was destroyed by fire. The fire started in the tower, and the equipment of the day was not capable of extinguishing it. However, the parishioners quickly removed all its furnishings undamaged. Today the pews in Sacred Heart Church are the same pews that survived the fire.
A new Church was built at a cost of $16,000. This is the present Church, which has been kept in very good repair. The church is almost an exact replica of the previous church which burned. For both the people chose the Byzantine style of architecture so common in their native Poland. The successors of Father Joseph Karpinski were Father W. Krzywonos, 1906-1908, Father Vincent Majer, 1908-1909, Father Theodore Kupka, 1909-1910, Father Vincent Majer, 1910-1917, Father Francis Olzewski, 1917-1922, Father Stephen Bryalski, 1922-1923, and Father F. J. Slominski, 1923-1940.
Walsh Heritage: A Story of Walsh County and Its Pioneers, Vol. 01 Info from – (pages 286 & 287)
Sacred Heart Church was founded for service to the Polish speaking settlers in the Minto area. It first became a Mission in 1903, and was served by Father Sank Galowicz of Warsaw. The first Polish immigrants spoke very little English and services were conducted in Polish St Stanislaus Church of Warsaw the nearest Polish Church, was considered to be too far away for regular attendance by the Polish people. The Sacred Heart Church was started in a building purchased from the Minto Baptist Church for $1,400.
In 1905 the Church was changed from a Mission to the status of a Parish, with Father Joseph Karpinski as its first resident pastor. By 1909 the Church was crowded, and an addition was built. In a few years, the same problem again confronted the people and in 1912 a fine new Church was built on another site. The cost was $10,000, no small amount by the standards of the time.
Four years later, in 1916, the fine new Church was destroyed by fire. The fire started in the tower, and the equipment of the day was not capable of extinguishing it. However, the parishioners quickly removed all its furnishings undamaged. Today the pews in Sacred Heart Church are the same pews that survived the fire.
A new Church was built at a cost of $16,000. This is the present Church, which has been kept in very good repair. The church is almost an exact replica of the previous church which burned. For both the people chose the Byzantine style of architecture so common in their native Poland. The successors of Father Joseph Karpinski were Father W. Krzywonos, 1906-1908, Father Vincent Majer, 1908-1909, Father Theodore Kupka, 1909-1910, Father Vincent Majer, 1910-1917, Father Francis Olzewski, 1917-1922, Father Stephen Bryalski, 1922-1923, and Father F. J. Slominski, 1923-1940.
Walsh Heritage: A Story of Walsh County and Its Pioneers, Vol. 01 Info from – (pages 286 & 287)